Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris I think a lot of folks were hoping for a body with interchangeable lenses similar to an xe1 or x pro 1. Not everyone can afford the $7 and $8000.00 high end. Scott On 2013-06-11, at 2:36 PM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > Oh just go create images! > > Leica has a M-E,Monochrom & M 240. Fucking hell that's a pretty good line > up. Who cares about the rest? > > > > Chris Williams > www.zoeicaimages.net > www.zoeica.com - blog > Washington DC & New Orleans > 504-231-6261 > > > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> Steve Huff mentioned in the first thing that he'd rather go out and get a >> Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1 full frame for roughly the same bucks. >> I certainly agree and I'm sure that opinion will end up being the >> consensus. >> Tests will show the pix coming out of the Sony wiping the smaller format >> but >> same priced Leica right out of the water. >> >> Also the issue is which camera LOOKS more elegant >> And I think its a tossup. >> The Zeiss in front of the Sony is not so compact but is overwhelmingly >> GORGEOUS. As is its inner design. Making us feel as we could take a great >> shot of ANYTHING. with the images would prove us right. >> The glass in front of the Leicas is certainly not going to appeal to >> connsiouers of any ilk. And the people with the big bucks are gonna wanna >> know what the people in the know in the photo department think before the >> pick out their latest classy photo neckwear. A lot of them. >> >> So we're going to have the company which makes the walkmans winning the >> compact camera war with the company which makes the best cameras. Leica. >> A huge thing for Sony. A huge not so good thing for Leica. >> >> Shooting with the Sony would be a far more exciting and rewarding >> experience. >> And this kind of thing should belong to Leica. >> Its like coming in second on purpose and having your pretending you won >> speech all written out ahead of time. >> "don't look at the camera behind the mirror" >> >> >> On 6/11/13 9:41 AM, "Ric Carter" <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: >> >>> sounds like a replay of my Leica Z2X >>> >>> which feels decidely unLeica >>> >>> ric >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Mark I totally agree. What are they thinking? >>>> >>>> A total let down. >>>> >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2013-06-11, at 9:30 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Putting a zoom on an X does not as Leica specifically stated put it >>>>> between >>>>> an M and an X. >>>>> it put it between an X and a Panasonic Lumix. >>>>> Super bad thinking on the part of Leica. >>>>> Not a step up from an X but two steps down. >>>>> The stock holders will be happy about the lowering of the Brand. >>>>> >>>>> Whenever the classic point and shoots, Contax T, Nikon T, Ricoh GR, >>>>> Minox 35 >>>>> finally sold out with a zoom model which of course brought in the big >>>>> bucks >>>>> from the idiot crowds they were widely ignored and reviled by the >>>>> connoisseurs; it was not good news. >>>>> A fast unobtrusive and elegant camera became slow and bulgy. >>>>> It was "time to make some money and pay some bills" news. >>>>> >>>>> Instead of a drum roll Leica needed to sneak this out with a whisper. >>>>> While >>>>> everyone was on vacation. >>>>> >>>>> ... A few of the famous film super compact 35's never came out in zoom >>>>> versions. The Rollei 35 was one and I think also the Minox 35. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 6/11/13 9:01 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Very sad. >>>>>> They said it would be an M. >>>>>> but instead its an idiot X. >>>>>> for people with more money than sense. >>>>>> >>>>>> They will look like they are shooting with a real Leica. >>>>>> >>>>>> Normally a thing rushed out like this I'd not believe for a second >>>>>> but the >>>>>> fact that he's giving the UPC code of the camera as 799429184308 and >>>>>> the >>>>>> UPC >>>>>> code and price and code of all the accessories it does sound like a >>>>>> non >>>>>> rumor. But a leak. And I'm fond of leaks now having seen the Wikileaks >>>>>> movie. >>>>>> Or they are good at making up lists UPC numbers. >>>>>> I'm crossing my figures its a sick joke or a bad dream. >>>>>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information